diff --git a/misc/e4defrag.8.in b/misc/e4defrag.8.in
index 75e1bc9..7090e51 100644
--- a/misc/e4defrag.8.in
+++ b/misc/e4defrag.8.in
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ e4defrag \- online defragmenter for ext4 filesystem
 [
 .B \-v
 ]
+[
+.B \-m mtab
+]
 .I target
 \&...
 .SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -57,6 +60,13 @@ is never defragmented.
 .B \-v
 Print error messages and the fragmentation count before and after defrag for
 each file.
+.TP
+.B \-m mtab
+This option will specify the file to be scanned for obtaining mounted filesystems
+information. If this option is not specified, the default is to use
+.B /proc/mounts .
+If this file is not accessible, e4defrag will try to get required information from
+.B /etc/mtab
 .SH NOTES
 .B e4defrag
 does not support swap file, files in lost+found directory, and files allocated
diff --git a/misc/e4defrag.c b/misc/e4defrag.c
index 4b31d03..3567e9f 100644
--- a/misc/e4defrag.c
+++ b/misc/e4defrag.c
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@
 #define NGMSG_FILE_OPEN		"Failed to open"
 #define NGMSG_FILE_UNREG	"File is not regular file"
 #define NGMSG_LOST_FOUND	"Can not process \"lost+found\""
+#define _PATH_PROC_MOUNTS       "/proc/mounts"
 
 /* Data type for filesystem-wide blocks number */
 typedef unsigned long long ext4_fsblk_t;
@@ -262,10 +263,8 @@ static int fallocate64(int fd, int mode, loff_t offset, loff_t len)
  * @dir_path_len:	the length of directory.
  */
 static int get_mount_point(const char *devname, char *mount_point,
-							int dir_path_len)
+			   int dir_path_len, const char *mtab)
 {
-	/* Refer to /etc/mtab */
-	const char	*mtab = MOUNTED;
 	FILE		*fp = NULL;
 	struct mntent	*mnt = NULL;
 	struct stat64	sb;
@@ -278,7 +277,7 @@ static int get_mount_point(const char *devname, char *mount_point,
 
 	fp = setmntent(mtab, "r");
 	if (fp == NULL) {
-		perror("Couldn't access /etc/mtab");
+		printf("Couldn't access %s\n", mtab);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -313,14 +312,12 @@ static int get_mount_point(const char *devname, char *mount_point,
  *
  * @file:		the file's name.
  */
-static int is_ext4(const char *file, char *devname)
+static int is_ext4(const char *file, char *devname, const char *mtab)
 {
 	int 	maxlen = 0;
 	int	len, ret;
 	FILE	*fp = NULL;
 	char	*mnt_type = NULL;
-	/* Refer to /etc/mtab */
-	const char	*mtab = MOUNTED;
 	char	file_path[PATH_MAX + 1];
 	struct mntent	*mnt = NULL;
 	struct statfs64	fsbuf;
@@ -345,7 +342,7 @@ static int is_ext4(const char *file, char *devname)
 
 	fp = setmntent(mtab, "r");
 	if (fp == NULL) {
-		perror("Couldn't access /etc/mtab");
+		printf("Couldn't access %s", mtab);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -374,6 +371,10 @@ static int is_ext4(const char *file, char *devname)
 	}
 
 	endmntent(fp);
+	if (mnt_type == NULL) {
+		printf("Could not get mount information from %s\n", mtab);
+		return -1;
+	}
 	if (strcmp(mnt_type, FS_EXT4) == 0) {
 		FREE(mnt_type);
 		return 0;
@@ -1724,6 +1725,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	int	success_flag = 0;
 	char	dir_name[PATH_MAX + 1];
 	char	dev_name[PATH_MAX + 1];
+	char *mtab = NULL;
 	struct stat64	buf;
 	ext2_filsys fs = NULL;
 
@@ -1731,7 +1733,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (argc == 1)
 		goto out;
 
-	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "vc")) != EOF) {
+	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "vcm:")) != EOF) {
 		switch (opt) {
 		case 'v':
 			mode_flag |= DETAIL;
@@ -1739,11 +1741,19 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		case 'c':
 			mode_flag |= STATISTIC;
 			break;
+		case 'm':
+			mtab = optarg;
+			break;
 		default:
 			goto out;
 		}
 	}
-
+	if (!mtab) {
+		if (access(_PATH_PROC_MOUNTS, R_OK) == 0)
+			mtab = _PATH_PROC_MOUNTS;
+		else
+			mtab = _PATH_MOUNTED;
+	} 
 	if (argc == optind)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -1797,7 +1807,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		if (S_ISBLK(buf.st_mode)) {
 			/* Block device */
 			strncpy(dev_name, argv[i], strnlen(argv[i], PATH_MAX));
-			if (get_mount_point(argv[i], dir_name, PATH_MAX) < 0)
+			if (get_mount_point(argv[i], dir_name, PATH_MAX, mtab) < 0)
 				continue;
 			if (lstat64(dir_name, &buf) < 0) {
 				perror(NGMSG_FILE_INFO);
@@ -1833,7 +1843,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		 * filesystem type checked in get_mount_point()
 		 */
 		if (arg_type == FILENAME || arg_type == DIRNAME) {
-			if (is_ext4(argv[i], dev_name) < 0)
+			if (is_ext4(argv[i], dev_name, mtab) < 0)
 				continue;
 			if (realpath(argv[i], dir_name) == NULL) {
 				perror("Couldn't get full path");
